[kwlug-disc] OT: Teksavvy DSL plans

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

I was with Rogers for around 13 or 14 years, and about 8 months now with a
Rogers reseller.

Never ever had a modem burn or die for any reason.

They replaced modems when they upgraded the service (higher speeds require
newer modems), but that was about it.
On Jan 20, 2015 8:13 AM, "Dan Hergott" <143news at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've thought about switching to Internet over cable.  However I have found
> that several people I know who have Rogers cable for Internet have their
> modems die on a regular basis.  Not too big of a deal for them as Rogers
> replaces the cable modem for free.
>
> However if you're not using Rogers as your ISP  over cable you have to
> generally purchase your own cable modem.    Having to purchase a new cable
> modem when a large, voltage modem killing spike comes down your Rogers
> cable line would be too expensive for myself to deal with.
>
> I've been running my DSL modem  for 8 years or more without problems and
> the 6meg speed is fast enough for myself and my wife to use for our needs.
>
> My wife and I will never deal with Rogers again.
>
> Dan Hergott
>
>
> On 15-01-20 12:02 AM, B.S. wrote:
>
>> But Bell's FTTN is changing that equation. Essentially, bringing that 5km
>> distant endpoint to your local neighbourhood.
>>
>> Regardless, Bell will never be able to deliver speeds that cable does, as
>> Khalid points out. And ignore Roger's 'hybrid fibre' marketing nonsense -
>> in the end, what matters is the connection media actually coming in to your
>> residence. With Roger's, that's cable, with Bell, that's twisted pair -
>> unless and until one or the other brings in actual Fibre. Until then, cable
>> will win out. Add in voip.ms and you can toss Bell / twisted pair.
>>
>> I've just / am going through this right now - Acanac is a better deal
>> than Vmedia now - let alone with the current $20/month 1st 3 months deal.
>> And their TV solution, should you ever go to it, is all channel local PVR,
>> not a some channels PVR to the cloud nonsense of Vmedia. And looks like TV
>> offerings of any non-netflix type is going to be tied to ISP provider for
>> some time to come. e.g. Rogers shomi is tied to having their internet.
>>
>> My switchover to Acanac is to occur next weekend; modem already received.
>> No visit supposed to be necessary. I didn't opt for TV at this time. Still
>> have / am satisfied with basic (analog) cable TV - but once/if Rogers ever
>> forces me off that (killing my Pioneer PVR in the process) I may look at
>> Zazeen again. Thus my current investigation as to whether or not XBMC /
>> Plex / etc. can duplicate my current basic cable needs turnkey like. (No,
>> not a presentation.) I'm trying to watch LESS TV, not more! Argh.
>>
>>
>> On 01/15/2015 08:37 AM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>>
>>> Remember DSL is subject to how far you are from the Bell switch.  5km is
>>> about as far as you can get without serious speed degradation.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu Jan 15 2015 at 1:02:14 AM Marius Kintel <marius at kintel.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Jan 14, 2015, at 07:22 AM, Dan Hergott - newsletter email <
>>>> dhuwnews at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Charles:
>>>>> I am not sure what the upload is on the DSL 25 plan, but it is only
>>>>>
>>>> 1Mb/s on the DSL15 plan.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  I’m on the Teksavvy DSL 25 plan and get 10 up.
>>>>
>>>> According to Bell, this is theoretically impossible. Needless to say,
>>>> I’m
>>>> a customer of the company with the better theories ;)
>>>>
>>>>   -Marius
>>>>
>>>>
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